Combination plasterer&#39;s implement.



A. D. STBATTON. COMBINATION PLASTERERS IMPLEIVHENTl APPLlcATloN FILED0cT.9. 1914.

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AZARIAH D. STRATTON, OF OMAHA, NEBRASKA.

COMBINATION PLAS'IERERS IMPLEMENT.

Application med october 9, 1914'. serial N9, seams.

T all whom it mag/*concern Be it known that I, AZARIAH D. STRAT- ToN, acitizen of the United States, residing at Omaha, in the county ofDouglas and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Combination Plasterers Implements; and I do herebydeclare the followin to be a full, clear, and exact description o theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to same. v

This invention comprehends certain new and useful improvements inplasterers toolsv and has for its primary object to provide a tool orimplement of this character which will be of simple construction andoperation and which may be readily assembled for use.

, The invention has for: another object to provide an instrument of thischaracter which may be assembled in several ways and which will `beof'such form that either one of "severa-l floats may be employed or thetools may be used without the float and shoe employed for holding the4smoothing member formed of similar material.

' The invention has for a further object to provide a tool or instrumentof this character which will be composed ofthe minimum i number of partsand however cheap as well as durable construction and which may be usedas either a trowelor a smoothing member as the case may require.`

With the above and other objects in View `'as will become more apparentas the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain novelfeatures ofy construction, cornbination and arrangement of parts as willbe hereinafter more fully `described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of my invention, reference is to be had tothe following description and accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1is a vertical longitudinal section through the complete device. Fig. 2is a top plan view with parts broken away for the same of clearness,and-Fig. 3 is a` frag-V mentary view of the shoe.

Referring more particularly to the drawing in which similar referencecharacters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, 1designates the handle which is preferably of a substantiallysemicircular form and which has its apertured ends secured upon theupper face of the trowel plate 2, by screws 8 orother suitable memberssecured through the plate 2and 1nto the ends ofthe handle 1, the edge ofthe securmg members being circular countersunk in the plate 2 to providea smooth router face for the same. Trowel plate 2 may be readllyemployed in the usual manner as a plasterers trowel. When it is desiredto provide. a smoothing tool or instrument, however, theshoe 4 isemployed, said shoe 4 being pressed in the form of a plate havmg ltsopposite side and end edges directed upwardly, as shown 'at 5 by asmoothing member 6 formed of asection of carpet or other similar`material may be placed over the bottom of .the shoe 4 with itsedges eX-tended around and over the Vsides or edges 5 'of the shoe 4 and directlydownwardly in sald shoe, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. The float 7 is thenplaced in the shoe 4 and forced down into the same to bind the edges ofthe smoothing members 6 against the inner faces of the upturned sidesoredges 5 Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept 21, 1915,

of the shoe 4, as clearly shown at 8, in Fig.

,able openings provided for the same in the plate 2.and float 7 andthreaded into suitable openings in the bottom of the shoe 4, as shown at10, the heads 11 and clamping screws 9 are screwed downwardly upon theupper face of the plate 2 whereby all of the parts may be readily andsecurely held in'proper position.

It will be understood that while the plate 2 and shoe 4 are preferablyformed of metal, the float 7 is preferably formed of wood or cork orsome other suitable and like mate.- rial which will have a certainamount of resiliency and at the same time cheap to manufacture. It willalso lbe understood that the handle 1 may -be formed of any suitablematerial and may be desired shape as desired and secured to the plate 2in any suitableand well known manner.

From the foregoing it will be readily seen that I have provided animproved and novel combination tool especially adapted for use byplasterers and other workmen who require trowels and smoothing 'tools intheir daily occupation and the tool or implement may be readily andquickly converted into either a trowel or a smoothing implement'l as'desired,

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invention has been shown and illustrated, it will be understoodthatminor changes in the details of construction and arrangement of .partsmay be madewithin the scope of the appended claims without departingfrom the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any of the advantagesthereof.

What is claimed is 1. In a trowel, a plate, a handle secured to saidplate intermediate its sides and ends,

said plate having apertures adjacent the` handle, a shoe having itssides and edges turned upwardly, a cover arranged under the shoe andhaving its edges engaged over the upturned edges of the shoe, a float tolit Within said shoe, and its outer edges to engage the covering carriedby said shoe,

said float having apertures therein to correspond with the apertures insaid plate, means placed through said apertures for holding said partsin an assembled position.

2. n a trowel, a plate substantially rectangular, said plate having achannel formed thereon, and having apertures therein, a shoe having itsends and sides turned upwardly, a cover arranged over said shoe and itsends to be bent over the upturned edges of the shoe, a float adapted toseat Within the shoe and tightly wedge said covering AZARIAH. D.STRATTON.

Witnesses:

FRANK L. WEAVER, P. H. SMALLEY.

